I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

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Lorota and Yuhaka entrusted the trading of Rock Dragon materials to the Meru Cats in the Cave Village of Misty Swamp, because they were more familiar with the villagers of Misty Village and even had a friendly relationship with them.

Perhaps it's because it's difficult to survive in such a dangerous place without helping each other?

However, all of this was no longer relevant to Yuhaka and Rorota. After returning to Water Cave Village, Yuhaka and Rorota went to Scylla Town. Their first purpose was to buy some ingredients, their second was to visit Milia, and their third was to repair Riko's Endless Hammer.

Last time, Yuhaka learned from Olsen that Riko's Endless Hammer was severely damaged. After all, it was a relic from the Abyss, and there was no way to repair it.

In a blacksmith's shop selling hunter weapons and armor in the town of Scylla, a dragonkin blacksmith looked at the Endless Hammer in his hand, which resembled a pickaxe, scratched the back of his head, and said:

"Hey, isn't this a pickaxe with a rather unusual shape?"

Lorota understood the dragonkin blacksmith's question; he had previously mistaken the Endless Hammer in Yuhaka's hand for a strangely shaped pickaxe.

But when Rorota saw Yhaka use the pickaxe called the Endless Hammer to strike the White Lightning Dragon on the head, a series of explosive sparks erupted continuously above the White Lightning Dragon's head.

"snort(? ? ?)!"

Slightly annoyed, Yuhaka took back the Endless Hammer after the dragon-human blacksmith didn't believe him, intending to demonstrate its power. However, he was stopped by Rorota, who was standing nearby.

Because Rorota knew that if Yhaka were to use the Endless Hammer here, the entire blacksmith shop might be blown up.

The skeptical dragonkin blacksmith then led Yhaka and Rorota to the weapons testing ground behind his dragonkin blacksmith shop, where Yhaka demonstrated what it meant for an explosion to be art.

Bang Bang Bang!

"My God—"

The dragon-human blacksmith stared in disbelief at the massive wooden stake that had been blasted into pieces, and exclaimed in astonishment.

"Hmm OwO!"

The culprit, standing to the side, held the Endless Hammer with a proud expression. The dragon-human blacksmith, looking at his massive wooden stake that had been blasted to pieces, said in disbelief:

"This was a test weapon stake made of high-quality Junkui wood, and it's all broken into pieces now? Could it be because the stake hasn't been replaced in a long time?"

Lorota, watching the astonished dragon-human blacksmith from the side, said:

"Now Mr. Eurodo will believe us, meow?"

The dragon-human blacksmith, known as Eurodo, nodded and said:

"Mmm! I completely believe it now. Ah... At first, I was just a pickaxe with a rather peculiar shape, but I never expected it to have such unique characteristics."

Then the blacksmith Eurodo looked at the Endless Hammer in Euhakkar's hand and said:

"Is this weapon an ancient relic unearthed from an ancient ruin? Apart from the Dragon Slayer series weapons, I have never seen such a peculiar weapon with these characteristics."

Lorota didn't know how to answer the blacksmith's question, since she didn't know when Yuhaka had acquired such a thing. Perhaps it was a weapon given to Yuhaka by the gods?

“Friend, it’s my mother’s keepsake.”

Yuhaka, wielding the Endless Hammer, spoke these words to the blacksmith, Orodo. Orodo, feeling embarrassed, touched his bald head and apologized to Yuhaka. However, after hearing Yuhaka and her companions' request, Orodo stroked his beard and said to them:

"If you want to use monster materials to repair this weapon that may be about to break, I suggest you use Brachydios materials to enhance it."

"Shattered Dragon OwO?"

The blacksmith Eurodo nodded and said:

"It's the Brachydios. The materials from that guy's body are the best choice to repair and strengthen this weapon, because the Brachydios's heat-resistant and explosion-proof shell is undoubtedly the best choice to strengthen this weapon."

Chapter 60 [The Wounded Milia]

【Bragidius】Bragidius is a medium-sized brute-dragon monster that is carnivorous. Its entire body is covered with a substance that has extremely high hardness, toughness, and heat insulation. Due to its special explosive slime and powerful combat skills, hunters generally do not want to encounter such a terrifying creature in their hunting grounds.

Even experienced hunters don't like encountering those explosive combat maniacs.

Of course, players are an exception. (Noob players: We don't like it either!)

"A shattered dragon?"

The blacksmith Eurodo nodded and said:

"Yes, because your weapons are also explosive weapons, so using materials from the Brachydios is the most suitable. The Brachydios's carapace, which has been subjected to explosions for many years, is the best material to withstand explosions."

Then the blacksmith Eurodo spread his hands and said to Euhaka and Lorota:

"Of course, wrathful materials are also one of the rarest materials. There are no craftsmen in our town of Scylla who know how to process wrathful materials. If you want to process this weapon, you'd better go to East Coast City. The craftsmen there are the most skilled at forging wrathful materials."

After hearing what the blacksmith Eurodo said, Lorota thought about it for a while. The town of Scylla was quite far from the East Coast City, but it was easy to get to the vicinity of the East Coast City by going through the Deep Trench Worm Passage of Euhaca.

The only difficulty is obtaining Brachydios materials, because Brachydios is very dangerous, and even experienced hunters will not easily deal with those irritable and explosive creatures.

Of course, Ehaka can also deal with those Brachydios on his own, but for now, Ehaka of the third system is not suitable for dealing with Brachydios.

The blacksmith Eurodo, standing nearby, said to Euhaka:

"Of course, if it's just a matter of slightly modifying and strengthening that weapon, I can do that. I also have the necessary ore materials. Considering that this weapon is an ancient relic, I'll give you a discount. What do you think?"

Hearing what the blacksmith Eurodo said, Lorota looked at Euhaka and said to her:

"Youyou, what do you think, meow?"

Ehaka naturally had no objection to the idea that the Endless Hammer could be repaired and enhanced for Rico, and most importantly, it sounded like it could save some money.

Finally, after the agreement was reached, the blacksmith Eurodo told Yuhaka and the others that they could come and collect their weapons in five days.

………………

"not at home?"

Yuhaka looked at the Felyne cleaning in front of Milia's house with a puzzled expression and said this. The Felyne, who was responsible for cleaning Milia's house, nodded and said to Yuhaka:

"Yes, meow. Miss Milia went out on a mission this morning, meow. By the way, what do you need Milia for?"

"Play!"

Faced with the Felyne cleaning, Eureka gave a simple answer. Upon hearing Eureka's words, the Felyne's lips twitched slightly, then it put on a polite expression and said to Eureka and the others:

"Miss Milia will be back in at least a few days, meow. But is there anything you need me to tell you or pass on?"

Yuhaka put on a thoughtful expression, thought for a moment, then took out a bag full of berries from his cloak and handed it to Palico. After that, Yuhaka and Rorota left.

...In the deep trenches of Yuhaka...

Upon returning to Water Cave Village, Yuhaka and Rorota's cat ears immediately perked up. They had smelled blood as soon as they arrived. Just as Yuhaka and Rorota were wondering if something had happened to the Meru cats in Water Cave Village, Rokubei ran out and said to them:

"Boss Youyou! Something terrible has happened, meow! A hunter is seriously injured and is lying inside, meow!"

Hearing Rokubei's words, Yuhaka looked puzzled, while Rorota, looking anxious, quickly came to Rokubei and said:

"When?! Take me there now!"

With that, Rokubei nodded and led Rorota and the OwO? Yuhaka to a tent.

Soon, upon seeing the blood-covered figure inside the tent, Yuhaka's pupils turned into vertical pupils like those of a reptile.

The naked figure lying on the haystack was none other than Milia, the legal loli hunter that Yuhaka had encountered in the town of Scylla.

"Milia!"

Yuhaka rushed to the injured Milia's side, looking somewhat helpless. Rorota, standing nearby, observed the location of Milia's injuries and said:

"There's a wound on his chest that looks like it was cut open by a sharp weapon, his right arm is broken, and he has abrasions and bruises of varying degrees all over his body. It's really serious, meow..."

Rorota turned to look at Rokubei and said:

"Rokubei, where did you find her cat?"

Rokubei pointed to the pool below the waterfall where fishing nets were set up and said to Rorota:

"We found her over there. She was probably swept downstream and just happened to be caught in our fishing net. To be honest, I'm so glad..."

Yes, if Merlin hadn't placed a fishing net in the pool below, the severely injured Milia would probably have continued drifting downstream, and it's hard to say whether she would have been carried away by some monster or died from blood loss.

Yuhaka, who was standing nearby, pulled out a large pile of medical supplies that Nanachi had asked him to buy from the dimensional portal and handed them to Rorota, saying:

"Lorota, save Milia!"

Seeing that Yuhaka had bandages, medicine, and some medical supplies, Rorota breathed a sigh of relief. There were no medical supplies in Water Cave Village, so the only options were to call a doctor or take the injured person away.

However, these choices would expose Yuhaka's options, so none of them are ideal.

Lorota herself had learned medicine from Origami Grandma, so treating Milia's wounds was certainly not a problem.

Soon, Lorota used herbs that could stop bleeding and speed up wound healing to stitch up and treat the terrible wound on Milia's chest, and then immobilized and treated Milia's broken arm.

Then, medicine was applied to all the wounds, abrasions, and bruises on Milia's body, and bandages were used to prevent infection.

Lorota wiped the sweat from his brow and breathed a sigh of relief, saying:

"Phew, finally finished..."

Lorota turned to look at Yuhaka and said to her:

"Alright, you can stay here and watch over her. I'm going to report to Grandpa Village Chief, and also ask Grandma Origami what kind of dishes are suitable for injured patients, meow."

With that, Rorota and Rokubei left the tent, leaving only Yuhaka sitting inside watching the unconscious Milia.

Chapter 61 [Yohaka's Sleep Spell]

In Shuiku Village late at night.

Milia groggily opened her eyes and saw the top of the tent, saying:

"Unrecognized ceiling..."

However, a black-haired loli with cat ears soon poked her head out from the side, startling Milia. Startled, Milia bumped her whole body into Yuhaka's head, but Yuhaka's head was much harder than Milia's, and Milia was bounced back without hesitation.

"Oh my! Huh? Youyou?!"

Milia looked at Yuhaka sitting to the side with a somewhat surprised expression. When she heard Milia call her name, Yuhaka pounced into Milia's arms, wrapped his arms around her neck, and licked her cheeks.

"Wait! Youyou! I remember I..."

That's right, Milia herself encountered a Glavenus while researching the ecology of the Rainbow Bird. As an HR2 hunter, Milia could only deal with monsters of the level of Jaggi and Blue Bear at most, but an extremely dangerous monster like Glavenus was not something a novice hunter like Milia could handle.

Milia also tried to escape the Dragon Slayer's pursuit, but unfortunately, for a monster like the Dragon Slayer that relentlessly pursues its prey, simply escaping its line of sight is useless. The best way to prevent the Dragon Slayer from chasing is to kill it, but she definitely couldn't do that.

After using up all the fertilizer gems he had originally intended to use against the Rainbow Bird, he was forced to the edge of a cliff by the Dragon Slayer. He originally wanted to jump off the cliff into the river below, but the Dragon Slayer seemed to have discovered his intention and swung its tail at him. Although he instinctively used his shield to defend, it was not completely blocked.

Instantly, his chest armor was slashed open, the shield on his arm was knocked away, and his arm was broken by the powerful force of the Dragon Slayer's strike. Finally, he was sent flying off the cliff and hit his head hard before losing consciousness.